I'd offer that you have no idea how much halyard tension is
desirable on a keelboat of this size, and I'll bet you haven't tried
"putting one's foot hard & high against the mast, & alternately
drawing the halyard outward" in any kind of seaway.


Roger Long wrote:
You'd be wrong. A quarter century of sweating halyards on boats from
7 to over 300 feet.


You seem to take offense at almost every post of mine, which is not my
intent.

I suggest you talk to a sailmaker about how much halyard tension you
should set on your genoa. If you're comfortable with trying to get that
much force by sweating up the line, then great.

OTOH having sailed on both sides (hot-stuff racers & gaffers) for 3+
decades, I can tell you for a fact that you cannot get sufficient
halyard tension on a modern rig that way, except on small boats (SA200
or maybe a little more).

But don't believe me. Talk to a couple of sailmakers.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King